Reconstruction:Proto-Cariban/tuna

This Proto-Cariban entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Cariban

Noun

*tuna

water

Descendants

Guianan:
- Apalaí: tuna
- Galibi Carib: tuna
- Taranoan:
  - Akurio: tuna
  - Carijona: tuna
  - Trió: tuna
- Wayana: tuna
Kuikuroan:
- Kuikúro: tunga, tuã
Maquiritari: tuna
Opón: tuna
Parukotoan:
- Hixkaryana: tuna
- Kaxuyana: tuna
- Waiwai: tuuna
Sapará: tu꞉ná
Venezuelan Cariban:
- Chaima: tuna
- Mapoyan:
  - Mapoyo: tuna
  - Yabarana: tunaa, tuna
- Panare: tïna, tuna
- Pemongan:
  - Akawaio: tuna
  - Macushi: tuna
  - Pemon: tuna
  - Purukotó: tuná
- Tamanaku: tuna
Waimiri-Atroari: syna
Wayumará: tuná
Yukpan:
- Yukpa: kuna

References

Gildea, S. & Payne, D. (2007). Is Greenberg's "Macro-Carib" viable? In Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, Belém, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 19-72. Accessed from DiACL, 8 April 2022.
Matter, Florian (ed.) (2021) Comparative Cariban Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at , Accessed on 2022-04-11.)

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